Tech/maintenance Sterisol inside the horn?

[wooster]

Greetings chums,

I have a slightly specific (?) question about cleaning the sax.

I give both body and mouthpiece a dry with a pull-through and cloth after most sessions of playing. Every week or two I use sterisol to spray the mouthpiece and reeds I've used, leave it a minute or two then rinse off and dry.

Recently I've contemplated spraying some sterisol on the pull-through to clean the inside of the sax but as I wouldn't be able to rinse it off as I do with mouthpieces I wonder if this is a really bad idea re the corks, or indeed if I used sparingly a really pointless idea. Also I wonder if cleaning the neck with sterisol sprayed on the cloth in this way might be good. Maybe I should just do what I currently do and be happy.

I have seen pieces of advice online ( and an older thread on here ) that suggest IPA might be useful to spray. I wondered if any consensus had been reached about this.

 

[PigSquealer]

Thank you all for your advice and it seems the group has answered my question. To be honest this crossed my mind because I had a nasty chesty thing going on and I was wondering what I was blowing into my sax and if it was likely to linger. I will trust to my Yamaha's broad spectrum - bug - zapping qualities. I had no idea but it's a pretty good bonus! 😀

Dump a bottle of Yamalube Alto Tenor inside? Good only for core blues though. Appears they’re out of green.

 

[h4yn0nnym0u5e]

As I'm in oooby-doooby mode, forget the autoclave, far too resource hungry.

I'll place some healing crystals in the bell and mpc and let their natural cosmic crystal energies cleanse and purify the sax.

Who knows, might influence my tone. Emeralds for brightness, amethyst for darkness, diamond for altissimo.....

No no no no no. If you purify your sax with crystals you’ll remove all the harmonics, and end up sounding like a flute!

 

[Wonko]

Going to put my sax in the autoclave, no bugs for me!

That seems like a bad idea to me ......

 

[PigSquealer]

No no no no no. If you purify your sax with crystals you’ll remove all the harmonics, and end up sounding like a flute!

Or worse. Have a friend that wanted to purify his C Melody. He used Irish luck crystals bought online. A mix of clear quartz, aventurine, pyrite and carnelian. Placed inside the case for a weekend. He opened the case and discovered they changed the C Melody into Bagpipes !

 

[mizmar]

He opened the case and discovered they changed the C Melody into Bagpipes !

Not to be picky, but it'd'v been uilleann pipes

 

[PigSquealer]

Not to be picky, but it'd'v been uilleann pipes

Oh, that’s even worse 😬

 

[skeller047]

uilleann pipes

Isn’t that the little thing hanging down in the back of your mouth above your tonsils…?

 

[mizmar]

Isn’t that the little thing hanging down in the back of your mouth above your tonsils…?

Well, the origin of this instrument is interesting. It is said...
This one Irish tribe developed the habit, after a victorious battle, of dismembering the dead enemy, forming a sack for bagpipes out of the whole lungs, throat (as the sound generator ) and mouth (as the Bell); and parading around defeated villages so that the wives and children could hear the dying screams of their menfolk.
And that's how they got their name, and sound

True story.
Allegedly.
From the, now lost, book "Adult Just So Stories",
By Trix Kipling.

 

[PigSquealer]

True story.
Allegedly.
From the, now lost, book "Adult Just So Stories",
By Trix Kipling

My family crest expresses my thoughts on this.

I call on @saxismyaxe for historical correctness on this subject. A piper and avid historian on bagpipes.

 

[thomsax]

I guess it's better to have the production in EU is better for an UK company?

 

[thomsax]

A dry sax, neck, mouthpiece ... is a good way to start. Get the water out from sax, neck .... before you start to mess around with pull through swabs. I use paper rolls (strong kitchen paper) to dry out soak up the "water". "Water" is a good carrier of bacteria!

To place your sax in a windy/airy and light place is good. Don't forget the case.

 

[Targa]

From the, now lost, book "Adult Just So Stories",
By Trix Kipling.

Who makes exceedingly good chocolate bars.

 

[saxismyaxe]

My family crest expresses my thoughts on this.
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I call on @saxismyaxe for historical correctness on this subject. A piper and avid historian on bagpipes.

Thank you my friend.
That is the crest of the great Scottish clan MacLellan. A clan that has given us more than a few legendary pipers BTW, not the least of which Pipe Major Capt. John MacLellan.

 

[PigSquealer]

Well, the origin of this instrument is interesting. It is said...
This one Irish tribe developed the habit, after a victorious battle, of dismembering the dead enemy, forming a sack for bagpipes out of the whole lungs, throat (as the sound generator ) and mouth (as the Bell); and parading around defeated villages so that the wives and children could hear the dying screams of their menfolk.
And that's how they got their name, and sound

True story.
Allegedly.
From the, now lost, book "Adult Just So Stories",
By Trix Kipling.

Thank you my friend.
That is the crest of the great Scottish clan MacLellan. A clan that has given us more than a few legendary pipers BTW, not the least of which Pipe Major Capt. John MacLellan.

Mike my question was about the uilleann pipes mentioned above. What is the history origin of uilleann pipes ?

 

[Targa]

Mike my question was about the uilleann pipes mentioned above. What is the history origin of uilleann pipes ?

Uilleann pipes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[saxismyaxe]

Bellows pipes are common all over Europe, and were the preferred instrument for indoor festivities as opposed to the louder "war" pipes such as the GHB. The Scottish lowland and borders pipes, as well as the Northumbrian small pipes also being surviving varieties of bellows blown instruments.

However IMO, the Irish Uillean or Union pipes are more closely related to/ descended from the French Musette de Cour, which was all the rage among the baroque gentry in Europe. The Irish Uillean pipes use of regulators (allowing one to play accompanying chords) is very similar to the Musette's.

 

[PigSquealer]

Uilleann pipes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Thanks, I saw that article. It’s kind of generic. Often the unpleasant brutal truth of history is sugar coated or omitted. Still the wiki article is interesting.

 

[PiccoloPirate]

Moor's head on the tip of a sword.
Conjures up an old memory.
Kebabs and cold ale. 🍺🍺🍺

 

[PigSquealer]

My family crest expresses my thoughts on this.
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Sorry if this post offended anyone. A fellow member (in UK) sent me a DM explaining this could be viewed in a negative way.
My context was more in regards to what is a story or the truth. I love stories, but the truth however unpleasant should not be sugar coated.
Stepping out for a pint and banger. Maybe a few pork pies too.

 

[PigSquealer]

Moor's head on the tip of a sword.
Conjures up an old memory.
Kebabs and cold ale. 🍺🍺🍺


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I thought chemtrails were a West Coast thing !